George W. Bush to participate at Vanderbilt University's Chancellor Lecture Series

Former President George W. Bush will participate in the Vanderbilt University Chancellor's Lecture Series at Langford Auditorium on campus March 11, according to the school's communication department.

The 43rd U.S. president will be joined on stage by Vanderbilt Chancellor Nick Zeppos and presidential historian Jon Meacham, an online announcement states. Meacham also wrote the biography of George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States and the father of George W. Bush.

The lecture is scheduled at 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Admission is only available to Vanderbilt University students, faculty and staff through a random drawing. Participants must fill out an online form that will be posted on the Chancellor's Lecture Series website from noon Monday to noon Tuesday, Feb. 26, according to the announcement. There will be no admission charge.

Names will be selected at random and admission will be offered via email on Friday.

Those selected for admission must accept or decline the offer by noon, March 4, or the offer will be forfeited and redistributed. Admission is non-transferable.

It is the first of four remaining Chancellor’s Series Lectures scheduled during the spring semester. Other lectures are:

Tuesday, March 19 — Stacey Abrams.

Wednesday, April 10 — Barney Frank and Bob Kaiser.

Tuesday, April 30 — Mae Jemison and Rush Holt.

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